Wauwatosa considers North Ave. chain restaurant limits

The Wauwatosa Common Council is considering an ordinance that would ban chain restaurants from the east end of North Ave.

Supporters say barring "formula restaurants" between 60th St. and Wauwatosa Ave. would help preserve the redeveloping neighborhood's local character. An article at WauwatosaNow.com, by reporter Jon Olson, has the details.

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The council on Tuesday voted 10-5 to support the project, falling two votes short of the supermajority needed for approval. The zoning change needed 12 votes because a protest petition was signed by enough adjacent property owners, said Ald. Ashanti Hamilton, council president.

The opponents were Ald. Robert Bauman, whose district includes the site, along with aldermen Cavalier Johnson, Mark Borkowski, Jose Perez and Tony Zielinski.